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One of LA’s Best Underground Barbecue Stands Got Busted and Fined $1,000

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Filed under:Plus, Long Beach breakfast sandwiches, Indio’s food vendor solution, and bootleg charity hats?out of Santa Monica got shut down by city officials over the weekend. The street food setup, while partially permitted as a catering operation, does not have license to vend from the street (few vendors actually do, owing to at the county public health level), and they certainly don’t have the proper paperwork to run a Texas-style offset smoker anywhere in Los Angeles County (nobody does). So what’s it all add up to? There’s the $1,000 fine, which is really a $500 violation for not having the proper business permitting, and a second $500 fine for not having the proper public health permitting, because it doesn’t exist. On top of that, the day’s sales were immediately halted, and apparently there was “a threat of arrest,” per the from the weekend.As for what’s next, that remains to be seen. So far, Flatpoint hasn’t said publicly if they’ll continue to try to cook on the streets, though given the issues with their other side hustle — burgers — it’s likely they’ll take some time off to figure out a more stable plan moving forward. More broadly, though, one big question still lingers: When, if ever, will Los Angeles fully permit its first outdoor open-air smoker setup for a barbecue restaurant?In other news:Sign up for our newsletter.Sign up for our newsletter.Filed under:Two Sichuan newcomers in the SGV, French burritos in Westwood, and moreFiled under:Follow Eater editors each week as they share their favorite dishes around townThe freshest news from the local food world

Filed under:Plus, Long Beach breakfast sandwiches, Indio’s food vendor solution, and bootleg charity hats?out of Santa Monica got shut down by city officials over the weekend. The street food setup, while partially permitted as a catering operation, does not have license to vend from the street (few vendors actually do, owing to at the county public health level), and they certainly don’t have the proper paperwork to run a Texas-style offset smoker anywhere in Los Angeles County (nobody does). So what’s it all add up to? There’s the $1,000 fine, which is really a $500 violation for not...

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